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Please note: this page provides the details we have for those fatalities not shown on the colliery pages - i.e. for those fatalities at collieries/pits etc. for which we do not have a web page.
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Date | Colliery | Name of Persons killed, Age, Occupation, Cause of Accident, and Remarks |
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| 1862 | Unknown | Earley, Richard, aged 41 |
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19 Aug 1932 | Birtley | Easter, Thomas, aged 63, Waggonwayman, he was accidentally killed while working on the incline. His duty was to couple his horse to empty trucks at the foot of the incline to draw them to the sidings. It was stated at the inquest that he was in the habit of coupling his horse as the trucks were still moving down the bank. He was seen to fall and may have tripped over the rails or stumbled against his horse |
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31 Jan 1908 | Moat (Sandstone) | Edgar, David, aged 32, Labourer, he made no mention to any one of an accident but complained to a fellow workman on the way home of a pain in his bowels. He died the following day. No inquest was held and the doctor certified that death was due to inflammation of the bowels caused by strain at his work |
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08 Apr 1869 | New Zealand | Eilbeck, James Bateman, Miner, killed in gold diggings, native of Whitehaven |
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23 Feb 1863 | Wylam waggonway | Elcroft, John, run over by waggons when uncoupling them |
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01 Jul 1918 | Shildon? | Ellis, George Edward Ferguson, aged 17, Pony Driver, died from internal injuries caused through being accidentally crushed between a tub and the side timber (Inquest: 02 Jul 1918) |
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| 13 Dec 1861 | Unknown | Ellis, John, aged 27, [date of burial], Buried: Eston, Christ Church on 13 Dec 1861 {NBI};
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| 20 Jul 1803 | Unknown | Ewart, Adam, aged 63, Waggonman, of Twizell, shown in Parish records as being accidentally killed - may not be Colliery related |
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Some of the names of mining fatalities on this web page have been kindly provided by
The West Cumbria Mines Research
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Some of the names of mining fatalities on this web site have been kindly provided by
Jim Grainger from his research into early newspapers (primarily the Durham Advertiser
and Durham Chronicle) and are marked with
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